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29th Match, Group B -

India v South Africa

Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium,

Jamtha, Nagpur

Sat Mar 12

09:00 GMT | 14:30 local

15:00 BDT

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MS Dhoni,India

Dhoni’s most fruitful partnerships have come with Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina.MS Dhoni

captured the world’s attention with his big hundreds, full of big sixes, against Pakistan and Sri Lanka, but as the long-haired unknown kid from Jharkhand became the smooth-talking, sharp captain, the raw hitter with the bat gave way to a mature accumulator in the middle of India’s innings, providing the other big hitters in the side a buffer should they fail. It is not to say that he has given up on the fireworks entirely, just that he started using them more judiciously. For more than two years post the 2007 World Cup, Dhoni seemed to have worked out the pace, the structure, the furniture of batting in ODI, both while setting targets and chasing them. As a wicketkeeper, he has never been pretty, but he has evolved into an effective operator. A bright example of it is how he has eliminated the follow-through when standing up to the spinners, thus completing amazingly quick stumpings.

Graeme Smith South Africa

Graeme Smith is a prolific batsman, strong on the front and back foot. He has safe hands in the slips or the outfield but his most valuable asset now is the maturity and charisma he shows as a leader. Under Graeme Smith, South Africa have not won a piece of ICC silverware and the 2011 World Cup will be their last chance to do so, since Smith will step down after the event. He had played just 22 ODIs, and that number was also his age, when he became captain but signs were already there that he would make a formidable player and leader. Smith is aggressive and strategic, both as a captain and as a batsman. His drives through the off-side are merciless and he punishes anything on the pads through midwicket. Smith’s average in this format peeps over 40 and he has close to 6000 runs. In 2007, he became the first ODI player to hit six fours in an over.